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Historical Pictures ^ ILLUSTRATED GUIDE ^ Memorial Tablets 



Views of the Nation's Capital Founded by George Washington 



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THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT— ,^G« 

History, ............. 3 

Description. ............ 5 

Site, 3, 25 

Height, ............. 7 

Construction, . . . ... . . . . . . . 5, 7 

Cornerstone, ............ 9 

Keystone, . . . . . . . . . . . . , 10-11 

Memorial Inscriptions, .......... 12-23 

Views From Top, ........... 24, 25 

Guide to City of Washing:ton, 52 

Washington Monument Society, .......... 3 



ILLUSTRATIONS— 

Completed Monument, . 
Incomplete Monument, 
Foundation, Monument, 
Capstone, Monument, 
Memorial Tablets, Monument, 
Views from Monument, 



George Washington: 

Equestrian Portrait, 
Stuart's Portrait, 
Delivering Inaugural Address, 
Miniature Photograph, 

Martha Washington: 

From White House Painting, 



Motmt Vernon: 

George Washington's HonK-, .... 

George W'ashington's Tomb, . . . . . 
Christ Church, Alexandria, where Washington Worshipped. 

WASHINGTON CITY— (Founded by George Washiuglon) 



Capitol, 

White House, .... 

State, War and Navy Departments, 

Treasury, .... 

Interior Department, 

Pension Bureau, 

Department of Agriculture, . 

Smithsonian Institution, 

Library of Congress, 

Soldiers' Home, 

Arlington National Cemetery, 

Bureau of Engraving and Printing 

Daughters of American Revolution Hall 

Municipal Building .... 

Union Station 

Pennsylvania Avenue 



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24, 25 

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Pre^dentt of United States, 
Map of Washington City 



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COMP LETE. GU IDE AND HISTORY ^i^ 

AUTHENTIC FACTS AND FIGURES 



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« VIEW OF MONUMENT GROUNDS 



PICTORIAL CITY OF WASHINGTON 



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GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS 



Copyrighted, 1913 
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George Washington, as General of the Unitkd States Army 



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THE day after the mortal remains of George Washington were 
committed to the tomb at Mount Vernon, December 19, 1799, 
a committee of both Houses of Congress was appointed to 
dehberate over a proper method of honoring his memory, and 
on December 24 of the same vear the following resolution 
was passed: 

"That a marble monument be erected by the United States, at 
the City of Washington, and that the family of General Washing- 
ton be requested to permit his body to be deposited under it, and 
that the monument be so designed as to commemorate the great 
events of his military and political life." 

President Adams wrote to Mrs. Washington asking her consent to the reinter- 
ment of her husband's remains beneath a monument to be erected by the Govern- 
ment in his honor. 

Mrs. Washington replied as follows : 

"Taught by the great example I have so long had before me never to oppose my private 
wishes to the public will, I must consent to the request which Congress had the goodness 
to transmit to me; and in so doing I need not — I cannot — say what a sacrifice of individual 
feeling I make to a sense of public duty." 

In 1816 a committee was appointed to prepare a suitable receptacle to be 
placed in the foundations of the Capitol, and the brother of General Washington 
was then applied to for permission to remove the remains, but he emphatically 
refused, saying: "It was in accordance with his expressed wish that he was com- 
mitted to the family vault at Mount Vernon, and his will is a law to me that I dare 
not disobey." 

In 1832 the proposition was renewed to John Augustine Washington, but in 
emphatic terms he refused to allow the remains to be removed from their hallowed 
resting place. The following year prominent citizens organized the Washington 
National Monument Society, with Chief Justice Marshall as President.^ Among 
those appointed to receive and collect voluntary contributions for a suitable monu- 
ment to George Washington in the city founded by, and named for, him were: 
Mrs. James Madison, Mrs. John Quincy Adams, and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. 
Advertised bids for the design were restricted to "durability, simplicity, grandeur, 
harmoniously blended." 

The corner-stone of the Washington Monument was laid July 4, 1848, and the 
work steadily progressed until 1854, when the shaft reached the height of 150 feet; 
subsequently an addition of four feet was made, bringing the Monument to a 
height of 154 feet at a cost of $300,000. The treasury of the Society was exhausted, 
and an appeal was made for congressional appropriations to complete the work. 
At that time complications of a political nature arose in the management of the 
Society, and as a result the Monument stood for years incomplete. In 1878 the 
work was resumed as a result of congressional appropriations, and the mammoth 
column was completed December 6, 1884. 

^Coit of the Monument wa» $1,187,710.31. Of this amount $300,000 wa« railed by individual free will 
offeringt, the remainder was by congressional appropriations. 

The design of the Washington Monument was by Robert Mills. Many of 
the stones were cut and polished at the stone plant of Matthew G. Emery, who 
was the last Mayor of the City of Washington and ex-officio Vice-President of the 
Washington National Monument Society. The founder of the Society was George 
Watterston. The orator at the dedication of the Monument was Hon. Robert C. 
Winthrop. 




The Washington Monument 
Dedicated February 2t, 1885 



Erected to GEORGE WASHINGTON by the CITIZENS OF AMERICA 



The Washington Monument is a colossal obelisk of mammoth proportion 
towering majestically above the National Capital, which is alike commemorative 
of the "Father of his Country." It stands today the loftiest memorial elevation 
in the world, and is the most imposing and costly monument ever erected to man. 
It is a memorial to the Hero, the Soldier, the Patriot, the Statesman, and a per- 
petual tribute of a grateful people to that great and overshadowing figure in the 
nation's history — George Washington. 

The Monument is a massive shaft of pure white marble and granite, capped by 
an aluminum pyramid which makes it visible by night as well as by day. The 
tapering design of graceful magnificent proportions reaches skyward over five 
hundred and fifty-five feet, and looks down upon the city founded by, and named 
for, Washington. 

Site Selected in 1783. 

A more beautiful site could not be selected. The terrace, 17 feet high, on 
which the Monument stands is surrounded by 41 acres. The square was desig- 
nated on L'Enfant's plan of the city of Washington as the site for the proposed 
equestrian monument to Washington, which was ordered by the Continental Con- 
gress in 1783 and selected by Washington himself for a monument to the American 
Revolution. 

CONSTRUCTION. 

How the Base Was Built. 

From the early days of the construction there had been apprehension that the 
foundation of the Monument was not of sufficient size to sustain the column if 
carried to the height originally designed. In 1877, a joint commission of Congress 
reported that the existing foundation was of insufficient spread and depth to 
sustain the weight of the completed structure, but that it was feasible to bring the 
foundation to the required stability by hooping in the earth upon which it stood. 
The weakness of the old foundation lay in the fact that it was too shallow and 
covered an area of ground insufficient to sustain the pressure of the completed 
work. The strengthening consisted in the enlargement of the foundation by spread- 
ing it over a greater area and sinking it a greater depth into the earth. The work 
of excavating beneath the Monument was commenced January 28, 1879, and the 
new foundation was finished May 29, 1880. The cost of the new enlarged foundation 
amounted to $94,474. 

The foundations of the Monument, which bear a weight of 81,120 tons, are 
constructed of solid blue rock. Each block is 146 feet 6 inches square and 36 feet 
\ 8 inches deep. 

K. The base of the shaft is 55 feet square. The lower walls are 15 feet thick. 

' ^ The depth of the foundation below the floor is 57 feet. 

V The weight is so distributed that, subjected to a wind pressure of 100 pounds 

per square foot on any face, corresponding to a wind velocity of 145 miles per hour, 
the Monument would have a large factor of safety against overturning. The pro- 

\ portions of this grandest monumental column ever erected in any age follow the 

N ratio dimensions of the several parts of the ancient Egyptian obelisks. During all 

the work on the enormous shaft not three-eighths of an inch deflection has been found — 
a remarkably slight movement when the magnitude of the structure is considered. 




STRGNGTHKXIXG THK i'UUNDATIOX 
"Finest I'iece of Emiineerinv; known to the World" 

ComineiKwl laiiuary 2S, t.S7<j Completed May 29, i8S0 

Cost 594. 47t 



Laying the Blocks. 

The marble blocks were cut or "dressed" in the most careful manner, and 
laid in courses of two feet by experienced and skilful workmen. There is no "filling" 
or "backing" between the granite and marble blocks, but they are all closely joined, 
the work being declared "the best piece of masonry in the world." 

Thickness of Walls. 

The lower walls are 15 feet thick. At the 500-foot elevation, where the pyra- 
midal top begins, the walls are only 18 inches thick and about 35 feet square. The 
inside of the walls, as far as they were constructed before the work was undertaken 
by the Government in 1878—150 feet from the base— is of blue granite, not laid in 
courses. From this point to within a short distance of the beginning of the top or 
roof, the inside of the walls is of regular courses of granite, corresponding with the 
courses of marble on the outside. For the top marble is entirely used. The facing of 
the walls is pure white marble, brought from Beaver Dam quarry, Baltimore 
County, Maryland. 

Number of Stones Used. 

^' The estimated number of stones in the shaft is 23,000, and its total weight, 

' including foundation and earth upon it, 81,120 tons. The mean pressure of the 
monument is 5 tons per square foot. 

Height of the Washington Monument. 

From foundation bed to top the great shaft measures 592 feet; its actual 
height above ground is 555 feet 4 inches. It is over 596 feet above the mean level 
of the Atlantic at Sandy Hook, New York, and 597 feet 3 inches above mean low 
water in the Potomac. The entire height has been made ten times the breadth. 

SWAYING OF THE MONUMENT. 

Vibration Caused by Sun's Rays, High Winds, and Earth Disturbances. 

The towering Washington Monument, solid as it is, can not resist the heat of 
the sun, poured on its southern side on a midsummer's day, without a slight bend- 
ing of the gigantic shaft. This is rendered perceptible by means of a copper wire, 
174 feet long, hanging in the center of the structure, and carrying a plummet 
suspended in a vessel of water. At noon in summer the apex of the Monument, 
550 feet above the ground, is shifted, by expansion of the stone, a few hundredths 
of an inch toward the north. High winds cause perceptible motions of the plummet, 
and in still weather delicate vibrations of the crust of the earth, otherwise unper- 
ceived, are registered by it. 

During an electrical storm on July 13, 1899, lightning struck the Monument. 
The fluid followed the conducting columns in the interior of the shaft down to 
the 50-foot landing, where it left the northwest column, struck the floor plates in 
rear of the elevator, and exploded; thence into the engine-room on the pipes or 
wires, where the only damage done was the burning out of the magneto coil of the 
telephone, which broke the connection between the engine-room and the boiler- 
house. It is a coincidence that each time the Monument has been struck by light- 
ning the fluid has left the columns about the same place. On the afternoon of 
May 3, 1900, a man who was standing on the lower floor of the Monument and 
leaning against one of the iron columns which support the stairways received 
quite a heavy shock of electricity in his arm and shoulder, and two men who were 
looking out of one of the windows at the top at the same time reported that the 
flash seemed to come in the window over their heads. They were blinded for a 
moment. No damage was done. The iron columns referred to act as lightning 
conductors, the lightning rods on the outside of the pyramidion being connected 
with them for that purpose. 




Till- Washington Monumicnt 

185 4 INCOMPLETH l878 

154 Feet At a Cost oi $300,000 



Corners^Stone. 



The corner-stone was laid July 4, 1848. The topmost stone of the pyramid was set Decembei 
6, 1884. The monument was dedicated February 21 1885. 

INSCRIPTION ON COPPER PLATE COVERING DEPOSIT RECESS IN THE CORNER- 

STONE OF THE MONUMENT. 

4th July, 1776. 
Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. 

4th July, 1848. 

This Corner-stone Laid of a Monument by the People of the United States to the 

Memory of George Washington. 

James K. Polk, President of the United States and ex Officio President of the 

Board of Managers. 

William Brent, 1st Vice-President. 

William W. Seaton, Mayor of Washington, 2d Vice-President. 

Gen'l A. Henderson, 3d Vice-President. 

J. B. H. Smith, Treasurer. 

George Watterston, Secretary. 

Also gives the Board of Managers, Building Committee, and Committee of 
Arrangements. 

The gavel used in the ceremony of laying the corner-stone was the same used 
by George Washington in laying the corner-stone of the Capitol. 



IN THE RECESS OF THE CORNER-STONE. 
Deposited July 4, 1848. 

A great variety of appropriate articles were placed in the corner-stone. They 
included documents relating to the Monument, and to the city of Washington; 
ofncial publications bearing on a variety of subjects for many years past; maga- 
zines, newspapers, historical letters, papers of patriotic societies, maps and money. 
Among the articles were: Historical sketch of the Washington National Monu- 
ment Society since its origin ; copy of the grant for the site of the Monument under 
the joint resolution of Congress; Constitutions of the Washington National Monu- 
ment Society, with circulars, bond forms, etc., from 1835 to 1848; large designs 
of the Washington Monument, with facsimile signatures of Presidents and others; 
Portrait of Washington, from Stuart's painting (see illustration); Small design 
of Monument, with blank certificates for contributors ; Copies of the Constitution 
and Declaration of Independence; Presidents' Messages to date of corner-stone 
laying; Likenesses of all Presidents and their Inaugural Addresses to same date; 
Daguerreotype Likenesses of General and Mrs. Washington by John S. Grubb, 
Alexandria, Va. ; Silver medal representing General Washington and the National 
Monument by Jacob Seegar; "The Washington Monument, Shall it be Built?" by 
J. S. Lyon; Holy Bible, presented by the Bible Society, instituted 1816; Census 
Statistics for the United States; "The Temple of Liberty," ornamented and letter- 
ing arranged so that Washington's name may be spelled more than 1,000 times in 
connection, by John Kilborn; American silk flag; Coat-of-arms of the Washington 
Family, by Mrs. Jane Charlotte Washington; Facsimile of Washington's Accounts; 
Copies of Claypole's American Daily Advertiser and the Philadelphia Gazette 
containing full accounts of Washington's death and funeral, the official proceed- 
ings of Congress in this connection, etc., "Vindication of General Washington, 
etc.," by Joseph Ritner, Governor of Pennsylvania, with a letter to Daniel Webster 
and the latter' s reply, printed in 1841. 




HOISTING THE CAP-STOXK. 

Dec 3, 1S84. 

THK KEYSTONi:. 
Story of the Placing of the r>r;imi(lal t ;i|) llial ( (uiiplcicd llu' (Jroat Sliaft. 

The topmost stone of the p\ raiiiidioii was placed in position December 6, 
1884. It weighs 3,300 jjounds. Trom the base to the top is 5 feet 2'.' inches. lis 
heij;ht on tlie outer face is 4 feet 3 '4 inches, with a 7-inch shoulder to bind on 
each side, extending 10 'j inches below. The base is 3 feet and a fraction square 
and 5 inches in diameter at the top, where the aluminum top fits in. The latter 
is 9 inches in height and 4'j inches at the base, with a weight qf 100 ounces. This 
forms the top stone or cap. 

The keystone that binds the interior ribs of stone supporting the marble 
facing of the pyramidal cap of the Monument weighs nearly 5 tons. It is 4 feet 
6 inches'high and 3 feet 6 inches square at the top. 

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TOP OF MONUMENT. 
Dec. 6, 1884. 



MASONIC PARTICIPATION. 

The sides of the keystone were finished in the usual shape of keystones, but 
above the wedge, which keys and completes the arch, is a perpendicular extension 
to brace the interior stone blocks. When it was set two prominent Masons of 
Washington ascended to the top of the Monument, and, with a small trowel used 
on many occasions of Masonic corner-stone laying, helped to spread the mortar 
binding the arch under the keystone. 



APEX OF THE MONUMENT. 

liNSCRIPTION ON THE FOUR FACES OF THE ALUMINUM POINT CROWNING THE 

MONUMENT. 

North Face. 

Joint Commission at setting of Cap Stone: Chester A. Arthur. W. W. Cor- 
coran, Chairman; M. E. Bell, Edward Clark, John Newton. Act of August 2nd, 
1876. 

Wesl Face. 

Corner Stone Laid on Bed of Foundation Julv 4th, 1S48. First Stone at 
Height of 152 Feei, Laid August 7th, 1880. Cap' Stone Set December 6th, 1884. 

South Face. 



Chief Engineer and Architect, Thos. Lincoln Casey, Colonel Corps of Engi- 
neers. Assistants, George W. Davis, Captain 14th Infantr}-; Bernard R. Green, 
Civil Engineer; Master Mechanic, P. H. McLaughlin. 

East Face. 

Laus Deo. 

DESCRIBED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. 

30 Feet. FIRST LANDING. East. 

1. Presented by George Wattcrston, Secretary Washington National Monu- 
ment Society, as a testimonial of His Gratitude and \'eneration, A. D. 1849. 

2. Presented by the National Greys of Washington, D. C. 

3. Presented by the Franklin Fire Company of Washington, D. C. Instituted 
A. D. 1827. "We strive to save." 

4. Little Falls Quarrv, District of Columbia. Presented by Timothy O'Neale. 

5. Delaware. First to Adopt Will Be the Last to Desert the Constitution. 1849. 

6. Maine. 

40 I eet. SECOND LANDING. West. 

7. Presented by the Columbia Typographical Society, Instituted Januar>% 
1815, "As a Memento of the Veneration of Its Members for the 'Father of His 
Countrv.' " 



8. Association of Tournevmen Stone Cutters of Philadelphia. July 9th. 1850. 
"United Wc Stand." (Slightly mutilated.] 

9. Presented bv the German Benevolent vSocietv of the city of Washington, 
D. C. Instituted October 3d, 1836. Incorporated July 27, 1842. As a Memento 
of the \'eneration of Its Members for the leather of his Country. 

10. Alabama. A Union of Equality as Adjusted by the Constitution. 

11. The State of Louisiana, Ever h'aithful to the Constitution and the Union. 

12. Nashville, Tennessee. 




50 Feet 



THIRD LANDING. 



East. 



13. Washington Light Infantry, Washington, D. C. Organized September 
12, 1836. Presented October 19, 1850. 

14. Grand Lodge of Masons, District of Columbia. Our Brother George 
Washington. 

15. Illinois. State Sovereignty, National Union. 

16. Presented by Washington Naval Lodge, No. 4, Ancient York Masons. 
J. Nokes, C. W. Davis, Committee. 

17. State of Georgia. The Union As It Was. The Constitution As It Is. 

18. Indiana. Knows No North, No South, Nothing but the Union. 



60 Feet. 



FOURTH LANDING. 



West. 



19. Presented by Anacostia Tribe, No. 3, I. O. R. M., D. C, on the 3rd Sun 
of the 3 X 7 Suns Worm Moon G. S. 5610. 

20. I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of 
the State of New Jersey to the Memory of Washington, The Father of His Country. 
We Command You to Visit the Sick, Relieve the Distressed, Bury the Dead, and 
Educate the Orphans. F. L. T. 

21. Westmoreland County, Virginia. The Birth Place of Washington. 

22. (The surface and inscription of this stone is entirely decayed. Nothing 
can be deciphered.) 

23. New Hampshire. 

24. South Carolina. [Slightly mutilated.] 



70 Feet. 



FIFTH LANDING. 



East. 



25. Presented by the Grand Division, Sons of Temperance, State of Virginia, 
1850. Hand in Hand Union. 

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26. "God and Our Native Land." United Sons of America. Instituted, 
1845. Pennsylvania. "Usque ad Mortem " "Lente Caute Firme." 

27. Grand Division S. T. North Carolina. "Love, purity, fidelity." [Stone 
decaying.] 

28. Connecticut. "Qui Transtulit, Sustinet." [Stone decaying.] 

29. Massachusetts. "Ence Petit Placidam Sub Libcrtate Quietcm." 

30. 1776. Nevvjersev. 



80 Feet. 



SIXTH L.\NDING. 



West. 



31. To George Washington by the Maryland Pilgrims Association. Organ- 
ized Balto. 1847. 

32. R. W. Grand Lodge of the I. U. (). P., Indiana. In God We Trust. Con- 
stitutional Liberty, The luirth for Its Domain and Eternity for Its Duration. 

33 By the Invincible I'lre Co., Xo. 5, Cinciiniati, Ohio. 1850. The Memory 
of Washington. 

34. Maryland. The Memorial of Her Regard for the Leather of His Country 
and of her Cordial. Habitual and Immovable .Vttachment to the American Union. 
"Crescite et Multiplicamini." 

3r^. The Cit\- of Washington to Its I'ounder. 

36. \'irginia Who Gave Washingt(Mi to .\merica Gives this Granite for His 
Monument. [vStone showing signs of decay.] 



90 Feet 



SKVrNTH LANDING. 



East. 



37. From the Mechanics of Raleigh, N. C. [Stone decaying, inscription very 
indistinct.] 

38. The Odd Fellows of Ohio to the Memory of Washington. "Honor, \'eritatis, 
et Benevolcntia- Pretium Pcrmanebit." [Stone shows marks of decay.] 




39. Little Rock, Arkansas. [Marks of decay.] 

40. The State of Mississippi to the Father of His Country. A. D. 1850. 

41. The State of Ohio. The Memory of Washington and the Union of the 
States. "Sunte Perpetua." 

42. The Tribute of Missouri to the Memory of Washington and a Pledge of 
Her Fidelity to the Union of the States. [Some of the lettering mutilated.] 



100 Feet. 



EIGHTH LANDING. 



West. 



43. To the Father of His Country. Presented by the Independent Order of 
United Brothers of the State of Maryland, A. D. 1851. [Some of the lettering 
and ornamental part mutilated.] 

44. From the Home of Knox by Citizens of Thomaston, Maine. 

45. Contributed by the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Virginia. A. D. 1851. 
[Ornamental part slightly mutilated.] 

46. "Hope." Rhode Island. 

47. North Carolina. Declaration of Independence. Mecklenburg, May, 1775. 
"Constitution." 

48. Wisconsin. AdmittedMay 29, 1848. 



110 Feet. 



NINTH LANDING. 



East. 



49. In Token Of Respect for Washington As a Free Mason. By the Grand 
Lodge of Ohio. 

50. Peter Force. 

51. By The Grand Lodge of Kentucky To The Memory of Washington, The 
Christian Mason. [Shows signs of decay.] 

52. The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New 
York. Nelson Randall, Grand Master. William H. Milner, Ezra S. Barnum, 
Finlay M. King, Committee. [Slightly mutilated.] 




53. Iowa. Her Affections, Like The Rivers Of Her Borders, Flow To An 
Inseparable Union. 

54. Nov. 12, 1852. From the Postmasters and Assistant Postmasters Of The 
State of Indiana. Dedicated to The Washington Monument. Washington. "May 
His Principles Be Distributed Broadcast Over The Land," etc. 



120 Feet. 



TENTH L.\NDING. 



West. 



55. Patmos Lodge No. 20, Masons. Ellicott Mills, Md., Feb. 22d, 1852. 

56. I. O. of O. F. Philomathean Lodge, No. 10. Mount Airv' Lodge No. 235. 
Walker Lodge No. 306. Mount Horeb Encampment No. 18. German town, 
Penna. MDCCCL. 

57. S. of T.R.I. 

58. City of Roxbur}-, Mass. The Birth Place of Gen. Joseph Warren. [The 
damp and water threaten the stone with decay.] 

59. California. Youngest Sister of the Union Brings Her Golden Tribute to 
the Memory of Its Father. 

60. From the City of Frederick, Md. [Follows a lengthy inscription, which 
is illegible on account of indistinctness of the letters.] 



130 Feet. 



ELEVENTH LANDING. 



East. 



61. Mount Lebanon Lodge No. 226, A. V. M., of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Pre- 
sent This Block of Native ^larble As A Testimony Of Their \'eneration And 
Respect For The Character And Services Of George Washington. \. L. 5851. 
A. I). 1851. 

62. Durham, New Hampshire. 

63. Washington Lodge No. 21, of Tlu- City of New York. Instituted A. L. 
5800. [Shows signs of mutilation.] 




64. By the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Maryland. 
Benj. O. Howard, M. W. P. G. M., Chas. H. Ohr, M. D. M. W. G. M., Enoch S. 
Courtney, R. W. J. G. W., Jno. W. Ball, R. W. J. G. W., Jos. Robinson, R. W. 
G. S., Samson Cariss, R. W. G. T., Chas. Gilman, M. W. P. G. M., Thos. H. 
Hicks, R. W. D. G. M., J. N. Mcjilton, D. D. W. G. C, Chas. B. Pumell, W. 
G. M. Com. to procure this stone: Chas. H. Ohr, M. D., J. N. Mcjilton, D. D., 
Alex. Gaddess, D. A. Piper, R! W. P. S. G. W., Wm. Bayley. 1850. 

65. Oakland College, Mississippi. 1851. 

66. Corporation of the City of New York. 1852. 

" 67. From The Alumni of Washington College, at Lexington, Virginia. The 
Only College Endowed By The Father of His Country. 

68. From the Grand Division, Sons of Temperance, State Of Connecticut, A 
Tribute To The Memory of Washington. "Love, Purity, Fidelity." 

69. Union Society, Hillsborough, North Carolina. 

70. American Institute of the City of New York. Incorporated For The 
Purpose Of Encouraging And Promoting Domestic Industry In Agriculture, 
Commerce, Manufacture, And The Arts. 

71. American Whig Society, College Of New Jersey, Princeton. A Tribute 
to Washington. 

72. I. O. O. F., Massachusetts. 



140 Feet. 



TWELFTH LANDING. 



West. 



73. From Walter Gwynn, D. S. Walton, E. Lorraine, Wash'n Gill, John C. 
McRae, J. M. Harris, W. G. Turpin, Engineers 2nd Divis'n Jas. River and Kana. 
Canal. 

74. Company I, 4th Regiment Infantry, U. S. A. 1st March, 1851. 



75. From Otter's Summit Virginia's Loftiest Peak To Crown A Monument 
To Virginia's Noblest Son. 

76. From Fort Greene, Battle Ground Of Long Island. A Tribute From The 
Fort Greene Guard of Brooklyn 1854. 

77. Masonic Grand Lodge of 111. 1853. [Slightly mutilated.] 

78. New York. Presented By Masterton And Smith, Morgan's Marble, 
Westchester County. 

79. "Prosunt Omnibus." Grand Lodge of Georgia. Founded A. D. 1785. 
"Fratrem Meminisse" 1852. Georgia marble. 

80. Anno 1850 By the City of Baltimore. May Heaven To This Union 
Continue Its Beneficence; May Brotherly Affection With Union Be Perpetual; 
May The Free Constitution Wliich Is The Work Of Our Ancestors Be Sacredly 
Maintained And Its Administration Be Stamped With Wisdom And With Virtue. 

81. Grand Lodge of Alabama. A. D. VDCCCXXI. Alabama Marble. Pre- 
sented by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient I-Vee and Accepted Masons 
of the vState of Alabama to The National Monument Society, Dec. 6th, A. L. 5849. 

82. Pennsylvania. From D. O. Hitner's Quarry, Montgomery County. F. 
Derr, Norristown. 

150 Feet. THIRTEENTH LANDING. East. 

The thirteenth platform is at a height of 150 feet, and it is here where the 
Government began its work of finishing the monument. This platform does not 
contain any memorial tablets. 

160 Feet. FOURTEENTH LANDING. West. 

83. Presented by Eureka Lodge 177 I. O. O. F. City of New York. 

84. New York. "Excelsior." 

85. Newark, N.J. [Ornamental sculpture mutilated in several places.] 

86. Presented by Athenian Lodge 268, 1. O. of O. F. of Troy, N. Y. 

87. Warren, R. I. 

88. Our Tribute. Lafayette Lodge No. 64 F. A. M. New York City. Sept 
16 A. L. 5853. A. D. 1853. 



170 Feet. FIFTEENTH LANDING. East. 

89. Vermont. "Freedom and Unity." 

90. Sicut Patribus Sit Deus Nobis. Civitatis Regimine Donata A. D 1822 
Bostonia. Condita. A. D. 1630. 

91. Salem, Massachusetts. 

92. Charlestown. The Bunker Hill Battle Ground. 

93. New Bedford, Mass. 1851. 

94. Washington Lodge of F. and A. M., Roxbury, Mass. 

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180 Feet. SIXTEENTH LANDING. West. 

95. "Liberty Independence Virtue." Pennsylvania. Founded (1681). By 
Deeds of Peace. 

96. Declaration of Independence Philadelphia, July 4th, 1776 Corporation 
of the City of Philadelphia. 

97. Grand Lodge of Penna. A. Y. M. "Ad Majorem Supremi Architecte 
Gloriam." Holiness to the Lord. From the Key Stone State A. D. 1851. A. 
L. 585 1 . [Slightly mutilated.] 

98. The Surest Safeguards of the Liberty of Our Country Total Abstinence 
from All that Intoxicates. Sons of Temperance of Pennsylvania. 

99. I. O. O. F. [The inscription, on account of the peculiar color and veins 
of the stone can not be deciphered.] 

190 Feet. SEVENTEENTH LANDING. East. 

100. To the Memory of Washington. The Free Swiss Confederation 
MDCCCLII. 

101. Greece. (See translation.) 

102. Siam. 

103. Brazil, 1878. 

104. (See translation.) 

105. Turkey. (See translation.) 

106. Presented by the Governor and Commune of the Islands of Pares and 
Naxos, Grecian Archipelago, Aug. 13th, 1855. 

200 Feet. EIGHTEENTH LANDING. West. 

107. From the Templars of Honor and Temperance. Organized Dec. 5th, 
1845. "Truth, Love, Purity, and Fidelity." Our Pledge. "We will not make, 
buy, sell or use as a beverage, any spirituous or malt liquors. Wine, Cider, or any 
other Alcoholic Liquor; and will discountenance their manufacture, traffic and use, 
and this pledge we will maintain unto the end of life." Supreme Council of the 
Templars of Honor and Temperance. 1846. 

108. By the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Virginia. 
Lo! She gave to this Repubhc the Chief Corner Stone. Aug. 4 A. L. 5754. 

109. Grand Lodge of Maryland I. O. O. F. "Friendship, Love and Truth." 
[With Officers for the year 1850.] [Slightly mutilated.] 

110. Presented by the G. L. of the U. S. We command you to visit the sick, 
relieve the distressed, bury the dead, and educate the Orphan. Grand Lodge of 
the United States of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 

111. Presented by St. John's Lodge No. 36, F. A. A. M., Richmond, Va. 

112. Richmond, Virginia. 

113. West Virginia. "Tuum Nos Sumus Monumentum." 

210 Feet. NINETEENTH LANDING. East. 

114 Grand Lodge of Iowa, A. F. and A. M. 1876 
115. Michigan. Anemblemof her trust in the Union. 



116. Grand Division of Ohio, Sons of Temperance, "Love, Purity, and 
Fidelity." 

117. Presented by the Grand Division on behalf of the Sons of Temperance 
of Illinois, January 1st, 1855. Grand Division, State of Illinois, S. of T. Inst. 
Jan. 8, 1847. "Love, Purity, and Fidelity." 

118. I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge of Mississippi. 

119. The Grand Lodge of the State of Mississippi To Their W. Brother 
George Washington. 

120. The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of the State of Arkansas. 
"Ad gloriam fratris nostri et patris patriae." 

121. Kansas. Kansas Territory, Organized May 20, 1851. State admitted 
January 29, 1861. 

220 Feet. TWENTIETH LANDING. West. 

122. All for our Countr>-. Nevada, 1881. 

123. Nebraska's Tribute. "Equality Before the Law." 
134. Chinese inscription. (See translation.) 

125. Japanese memorial stone. (See translation.) 

126. Tribute of Wyoming Territory. To The Memor}' Of Him Who By 
Universal Consent Was Chief Among The Founders Of The Republic. 

127. Holiness to the Lord Deseret. 
. 128. Minnesota. 

129. Cherokee Nation 1850. 

130. Montana. "Oroy Plata." 

131. State of Oregon. The Union. 

230 Feet. TWENTY-FIRST LANDING. East. 

132. The Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. of Kentucky "In Union there is 
strength." 

133. Under the Auspices of Heaven and the Precepts of Washington, Ken- 
tucky will be the Last to give up The Union. "United we stand, divided we fall." 
[Some of the letters mutilated.] 

134. Georgia Convention 1850. "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation." 

135. From Hawkins County, Tennessee. 

136. Presented by the Grand Lodge of the State of Florida. 

137. Tennessee. "The I-'ederal Union, it must Be Preserved." 

240 Feet. TWENTY-SECOND LANDING. West. 

138. American Medical Association. Instituted MDCCCXTA'II. \'incit 
Amor Patriic. [Symbolical figures mutilated.] 

139. The Grand Assembly of the Presbyterian Churcli in the United States 
of America in Session in Washington City, May, 1852. 

140. Presented by Tuscarora Tribe No. 5. To Pater Patriae 7th Sun, Hunt- 
'ng Moon Grand Sun 5615. Improved Order Red Men D. C. 

141. From the Battle Ground T.ong Island 1776. Kings County, N. Y. 1853 

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142. Wales. Fy laith, Fy Ngwlad, Fy Nghenedl. Cymry am byth. (Trans- 
lation.) 

143. Presented by the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of 
Columbia, July 4th, 1870. 

144. Presented by the United American Mechanics, Penna. 

145. From Braddock's Field. 



250 Feet. TWENTY-THIRD LANDING. East. 

146. Wilmington, North Carolina. Thalian Association. 

147. Philadelphia Engine Companies: Hibernia, Northern Liberty, Vigilant, 
Delaware, Harmony, Reliance, Assistance, America, Diligent, Kensington, Frank- 
lin, Washington of Frankford, Humane, Washington, Friendship, Columbia, 
Hope. 

Hose Companies: Good Intent, Resolution, Humane, Perseverance, 
Neptune, Hope, Columbia, Southwark, Washington, Phoenix, Diligent, United 
States, Niagara, Northern Liberty, America, William Penn, Robert Morris. 

148. Presented by the Department of Philadelphia. 1854. [Slightly muti- 
lated.] 

149. Engine Companies: Philadelphia, Weccacoe, Good Will, Decatur, United 
States, Fellowship of Germantown, Good Intent, Globe, Fair Mount, Southwark, 
Mechanic, Western. 

Hose Companies: Independence, Pennsylvania, Lafayette, Marion, 
Schuylkill, Good Will, Western, Moyamensing, Franklin, Weccacoe, Kensington, 
Shiffler, Fair Mount, Ringgold. 

Hook-and-Ladder Companies: Empire, Relief. 

(With names of Committee of Superintendence.) [Tablet completely 
broken into pieces; some of the letters broken off.] 

150. From the citizens of the United States of America Residing in Foo Chow 
Foo, China. Feb. 22, 1857. 

151. The Citizens of Stockton, San Joaquin Co., California. A Tribute of 
Respect to the Father of Our Country, George Washington, 1859. 

152. Presented to the Washington National Monument by the Proprietors of 
the "Cincinnati Commercial." J. W. S. Browne and L. G. Curtis. 1850. 

153. From the [words illegible.] Lowell, Mass. 

154. A Tribute from the Teachers of the Buffalo Public Schools. 

155. The Young Men's Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati. Organ- 
ized A. D. 1805. A. D. 1853. 2,400 Members. Proud to Honor Washington Con- 
tributes its Humble Quota to the Swelhng Tide of National Gratitude. Ohio — 
First Born of the Ordinance of '87. Every pulsation of the heart beats high, beats 
strong, for Liberty and the Union. 



260 Feet. TWENTY-FOURTH LANDING. West. 

156. The Memory of the Just is Blessed. Prov. 10:7. Presented by the 
Children of the Sunday Schools of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the City of 
New York, Feb. 22, '55. 

157. Fire Department of the City of New York. Incorporated 20th March, 
1798. 

158. From the Sabbath School Children of the Methodist E. Chuich in the 
City and Districts of Philadelphia. 4th July, 1853. A Preached Gospel. A Free 
Press. Washington. We revere his memory. "Search the Scriptures." Suffer 



little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom of 
God — Luke XVIII, 16 V. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when 
he is old, he will not depart from it. — Prov. XXII, 6, 5. [Lettering slightlv muti- 
lated.] 

159. Washington Erina Guard. Newark, New Jersey. 

160. By The Pupils Of The Public Schools Of The City Of Baltimore. A. D. 
MDCCCLI . . . [indistinct word] . . . qui meruit ferat. 

161. Cincinnati Company. Our War Is With The Elements. Roveb. [The 
inscription is in such small letters that it is very difficult to decipher.] 

162. The Sons of New England And Canada To Washington. [Follows an 
inscription in small letters, the water having defaced the surface of the tablet, it 
can not be deciphered.] 

270 Feet. TWENTY-FIFTH LANDING. East. 

163. From the Cliosophic Society, Nassau Hall, N. J. To the Memory of 
Washington, Instituted A. D. 1705. [Symbolic figures shghtly mutilated.] 

164. Continental Guard of New Orleans, La. To the Washington Monu- 
ment 22nd February, 1856 (follow 163 names). Continental Guard, Organized 
February 22nd, 1855. [Inscription, on account of small lettering, indecipherable.] 

165. Presented by The Employees of R. Norris and vSon, Locomotive Works, 
Philadelphia. Feb. 22nd, 1856. [Ornamental part mutilated.] 

166. PVom the Home of vStark, By the Ladies of Manchester, N. H. 

167. From the Alexandria Library in Eg\'pt. Brought to this countrv by 
G. G. Baker. 

168. From the Jefferson Society of the University of \'irginia To the National 
Washington Monument Jan. 7, 1850. 

280 Feet. TWENTY-SIXTH LANDING. West. 

169. To the Father Of His Country. The Addison Literary Society of the 
Western Military Institute, Drennon, Kentucky. "Non nobis solum, sed patriae et 
amicis." [Slightly mutilated.] 

170. Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, 1853. 

171. Inrst Regiment of Light Infantry Mass. Vol. Militia. Boston, 1853. 

172. To Washington An Humble Tribute PVom Two Disciples of Daguerre. 

173. Hibernian vSociety of Baltimore. Hugh Jenkins, Pres., Jacob G. Davis, 
1st V. P., William Gwynn, 2nd V. P. Rev. James Dolan, Chap'n. S. I. Donald- 
son, Counsel'r. Dr. J. H. O'Donovan, Dr. D. O'Donell, Physicians. Daniel J. 
Foley, Treasurer. Chas. M. Dougherty, Sec'y- Timothy Kelly, John ]\IcColgan, 
Edward Boyle, Chas. Pendergast, Robert Barr\', James Kernan, Peter A. Kelly, 
Will Browne, James Mullen, Managers. Michael Roche, P. A. Kelly, J. Mullen, 
Committee. "Memor et Fidelis." 

174. From the Citizens of Alexandria, \'a. The Descendants of the PViends 
and Neighbors of Washington. 1851. 

175. From Jefferson Medical College. By the Class of 1853-4. 

176. "All that Live Must Die." A Tribute of Respect from the Ladies and 
Gentlemen of the Dramatic Profession of America. 1853. 

330 Feet. THIRTY-FIRST LANDING. East. 

177. Marble block with the following inscription: Top of Statue on Capitol. 



TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN INSCRIPTIONS. 

Turkey. 

105. Inscription translated: "So as to strengthen the friendship between the 
two countries, Abdul-Mejid Kahn has also had his name written on the Monu- 
ment to Washington." These words form a chronogram: "1269-1779 of the 
Hegira." Above the inscription is a monogram signifying "Abdul-Mejid, son of 
Mahomet Kahn." Upon a lower corner, "Written by the court poet, Mustapha 
Izyt." Block is of white marble, highly polished, and ornamental. 

Bremen. 

"Washington dem Grossen, Guten und Gerechten das befreundete Bremen." 
("Friendly Bremen to the Great, Good, and Just Washington.") 

Japan. 

125. Inscription translated: "Exported from the Harbor of Simoda, in the 
Province of Isu, the fifth month of the year Ansey Tora." [April, 1853.] 

Greece. 

101. Inscription translated. Block of white marble from ruins of the Parthe- 
non: "George Washington, the hero, the citizen of the new and illustrious liberty; 
The land of Solon, Themistocles, and Pericles — the mother of ancient liberty — 
sends this ancient stone as a testimony of honor and admiration from the Par- 
thenon." 

Wales. 

"Our language, our country, our birthplace — Wales forever." 

China. 
124. Inscription translated: "Su-Ki-Yu, by imperial appointment, Lieut. 
Governor of the Province of Fuh Kun, in his Universal Geography says: 'It is 
evident that Washington was a remarkable man. In devising plans, he was more 
decided than Chin-Shing or Wu-Kang; in winning a country, he was braver than 
Tsau-Tsau or Lin Pi. Wielding his four-footed falchion, he extended the frontiers 
thousands of miles, and then refused to usurp the regal dignity, or transmit it to 
his posterity, but first estabhshed rules for an elective administration. Where in 
the world can be found such a public spirit? Truly, the sentiments of the three 
dynasties have all at once unexpectedly appeared in our day ! In ruling the state, 
he promoted and fostered good customs, and did not depend on military merit. 
In this he differed from all other nations. I have seen his portrait; his air and form 
are grand and imposing in a remarkable degree. Ah, who would not call him a hero? 
The United States of America regard it promotive of national virtue generally and 
extensively neither to establish titles of nobihty and royalty nor to conform to the 
age, as respects customs and public influence, but instead to deliver over their own 
public dehberations and inventions so that the like of such a nation, one so remark- 
able, does not exist in ancient or modern times. Among the people of the Great 
West can any man, in ancient or modern times, fail to pronounce Washington Peer- 
less? This Stone is Presented by a Company of Christians and engraved at Ningpu 
in the Province of Che Heang, China, this Third Year of the Reign of the Emperor 
He-en Fung, Sixth Month and Seventh Day" (July 12th, 1853). 

Stone from the Temple of Rome Stolen. 

One of the stones contributed was a block of African marble from the Temple 
of Concord of Rome, and was the gift of the Pope. It bore the inscription "Rome to 
America." In March, 1854, during the Know-Nothing excitement, the lapidarium 
where the memorial blocks were kept, was forcibly entered, and this stone was 
taken and, it is supposed, was thrown into the Potomac. A reward for its return 
was offered, but the stone up to this date has not been recovered, and its hiding 
place remains a secret. 




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The Washington Monument stands on a site selected by George Wash- 
ington in the year 1783. It is close by the banks of the Potomac, surrounded 
by forty acres of beautiful sloping mounds and terraces, and but a fractional 
distance from the Jeffersonian meridian, which passes due north and south through 
the center of the White House, and due east and west through the center of the 
Capitol. (See the stone at the Monument marking the meridian.) By the laws of 
perspective parallel lines converge as they disappear, and from the top landing of 
the Monument, five hundred feet in height, the base of the Monument appears 
smaller than the top. The bird's-eye view from this height presents the scenes and 
buildings in a reduced size, and bring before the eye the whole city in miniature. 
Broad streets and avenues, handsome residences. Government buildings, and magni- 
ficent parks, combine to produce a National scene of interest to every citizen in 
America. 

From the North Window. 

At close range, and less than half a mile away, is a group of three buildings; 
the one in the center is the White House, the one toward the east is the Treasury ; 
the one toward the west is the State, War, and Navy Departments. The broad 
avenue running east and west and north of the three buildings is Pennsylvania 
Avenue. The magnificent park opposite the White House is Lafayette Square, 
facing which are homes of National and International historical interest. 

From the South Window. 

The most conspicuous feature of the view south is the historic Potomac, a 
river beloved by Washington. It flows past Alexandria, which is visible on a clear 
day, and where, at Christ Church, he worshipped, and on past Mount Vernon, the 
home and final resting place of George Washington. It is spanned by the historical 
Long Bridge, which is paralleled by the new bridge. Maryland and Virginia are 
separated by the Potomac, and the country in both States is historic ground. 

To the southeast of the Monument is the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 
and close by, in a direct line east, are the Smithsonian Institute and the National 
Museum. 

St. Elizabeth, the Government Hospital for the Insane, is on the Maryland 
bank of the river, southeast from the Monument. 

From the East Window. 

In a direct line east from the Monument is the Capitol. Beyond is the Con- 
gressional Library. In a northeasterly direction from the Monument are the Govern- 
ment Printing Office, the Interior Department, the Bureau of Pensions, the old 
Post Office Department, and in the distance rise the buildings of the Soldiers' 
Home. The tall building at close range on Pennsylvania Avenue is the Citv Post 
Office. 

From the West Window. 

On the opposite shore of the Potomac, in Virginia, is Arlington, the National 
Cemetery, and once the famous Lee residence. On a clear day the Blue Ridge 
Mountains are plainly visible at a distance of seventy miles. 

To the northwest of the Monument is Georgetown, now a part of Washington 

Washington National Monument Society was organized in 1833. Incorporated 1859. Under 
Act of Congress approved August 2, 1876, the Society formally conveyed to the United States 
all the property rights and easements belonging to it in the Monument, the conveyance "being 
legally recorded in the proper court register." 

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Inaugurated the first President of the United vStates, April 30, 1789, in the city of 

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Washington, the Capital, was Founded by George Washington. 

"It is a hundred years since this city, planned by Washington, became the seat of government. 
This whole city is, in a larger sense, a Washington monument." — [U. S. Sen. Hoar, of Mass., 1900.] 



When George Washington was inaugurated President the Capital was New York City. It was 
moved to Philadelphia in 1790, and to its present site on the Potomac in 1800. 



CAPITOL. — Contains the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Supreme Court. Panels 

of the bronze doors of the Senate chamber represent scenes in the life of George \\ashington. 

Statue of George Washington. 

Capitol cost S16, 000,000. Open 9 A. M to 5 P. M. 
CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY, Cost $6,347,000. Open 9 A. M. to 10 P. M. 
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, Sth and 9th Sts., S. E. Concerts (free) by U. S. Marine 

Band, Mondays at 10 A. M. Guard mount at 9 A. M., daily. Open 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. 
UNITED STATES NAVY YARD, foot of Sth Street, S. E. Open 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. (United 

States shipbuilding, guns, etc.) 
WASHINGTON MONUMENT, the Mall, between 14th and 17th Streets, S. W. Oi)en from 

S.30 A. M. to 4.30 P. M. [Elevator starts at 9 A. M., last trip 4 P. M.] 
PENSION BUREAU, corner 5th and G Streets. N. W. Open from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, corner 7th and F Streets, N. \\'. Open from 9 A. M. to 

2 P. M 
PATENT OFFICE, Interior Department Building Open from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, corner of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Open 

from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. [From 1 1 A. M. to 12 M. and from 1 to 2 P. M. oflicial guides will 

escort visitors from the Treasurer's office through the Department.] 
EXECUTI\'E MANSION (White House), Pennsylvania Avenue between 15th and 17th Streets, 

N. W. Open from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. 
STATE. WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS, corner 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 

N. W. Open from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. [In the Library of the State Department may be seen 

the original Declaration of Independence.] 
NEW CORCORAN ART GALLERY, corner 17th Street and New York Avenue, N. W. Open 

daily from 9.30 A. M. to 4 P. M. [On Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays the 

Gallery is open to the public free of charge. On other days an admission fee of 25 cents is 

charged.] 
NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, 3d Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Open 

from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. 
COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIliS, corner 6th and B Streets, S. W. Open from 

9 A.M. to 4 P.M. 
NATIONAL MUSEUM, the Mall, between 7th and 12th Streets, S. W. Open from 9 A. M 

to 4 P.M. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, the Mali. Open 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. 
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, corner 14th and B Streets, S. W. Open from 

9 A. M. to 2.30 P. M. [Visitors are escorted through the Bureau except from 1 1.45 A. M. 

to 12.30 P.M.] 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, Connecticut .\venue, N. W. Open daily. [By carriage 

or electric cars.] 
BUILDING IN WHICH PRI'lSIDIvNT LINCOLN DIED (Lincoln Museum), 516 10th Street. 

N. W. Open all day. 
MOUNT VERNON. [By steamer or electric cars.] 

ALEXANDRIA, VA., Christ Church, where George Washington attended. Open daily. 
ARLINGTON (National Cemetery). [By carriage or electric cars.] 
NATiriNAL SOLDIERS' HOME. [By carriage or electric cars.] 

No admission fee to Government Buildings. 



A Monument-Memorial 

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DATA RELATIVE TO WASfflNGTON MONUMENT. 

Height of cap above mean low water..._.._.. -f^ fe^t f^ !"^J;f • 

Height above doorsill..._ --- " 555 feet 5H mches. 

Side of base: ^^ ^^^ .^^^^^ 

Outside. _ 25 feet. 

Inside _ - - ^Sfppt 

Depth of foundation below doorsill (sand and clay) _ ':;::'7"7T' u 

_. , - - J ,. 126 feet 6 inches. 

Side of foundation. ^^ „^„ „_ .. 

,-.,,. 16,002.25 square feet. 

Area of foundation. 

S»de of t«P; 34 feet 6 inches. 

Outside -.- 3^ ^^^^ g j^^j,^^ 

Inside. 

Walls, thickness: ,_ „ * i/ • „u 

Base - - - ^5 ^®®* ^ '"*^^- 

Base. jg j^^jjgg 

„, .T^^ ~ : ""' 3,300 pounds 

Weight of capstone ' J, ^^^ 

Weight of whole Monument... — - ' " ,. / 

,, *K„c,« 5 tons per square foot. 

Mean pressure at base - o * 

Pressure on foundation nowhere greater per square foot than. -. » tons. 

Near edges, less than. - — - ■ ; 7"~"\ , ' 

_, f Tv/r * H inch to 1 foot. 

Taper of Monument * 

Memorial stones (beginning at 30 feet, stopping at 280 feet)..._ - - — 1^» 

„. _ 898 

Steps - gQ 

Landings — — - ~ „ 

Windows (at top only) .._._ _ -- - ^isOO.OOO 

Cornerstone laid July 4, 1848. 

Capstone set Dec. 6, 1884. 

Dedicated Feb. 21, 1885. 

Elevator (electric) time of traveL.._ -._ - ^5 minutes. 

Elevator, maximum load - ""^.jl ^ , 

,„.,., . _ .5,670 pounds. 

Weight of car empty - — „' .„ , 

„, . , . f ^ i^u* 8,040 pounds. 

Weignt of counterwei3ht..._ — - ' "^ 

Speed of elevator, 100 feet par minute. 

Engine governor throws off curren} at 105 feet speed per minute. 

Car safety slops car at 150 feet speed per minute. 

Elevator tested at 6 tons. 

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